199: Chapter 199 Things Have Changed

Xia Ran sat blankly on the motorcycle, her eyes wide under her helmet, her pupils filled with disbelief.

Was that Xiao Liu?

The same cowardly Xiao Liu who would always cry during training?

The Xiao Liu who said, "Sister Ran, I'll wait for you to come back"?

Qi Yun and Xia Ran's gazes were fixed intently on Xiao Liu, watching the matter-of-fact, almost condescendingly superior expression on his face as he turned around.

Xiao Liu seemed to sense someone watching him; he frowned and turned his head, his gaze sweeping across the intersection.

Then, he saw the black motorcycle and the two people on it staring straight at him.

"Damn it, what are you looking at?"

Xiao Liu's face darkened, and his voice rose with obvious displeasure and threat.

The surrounding pedestrians began to walk even faster.

Xiao Liu walked toward the motorcycle.

His gait had changed; he was no longer that slightly cowering, hunched-over youth.

Instead, he held his head high, his shoulders deliberately pulled back in a display of forced, blustering arrogance.

He stopped half a meter in front of the motorcycle and looked at Qi Yun first.

"You, what are you looking at?" Xiao Liu raised his chin, looking down his nose at Qi Yun.

Qi Yun didn't speak; he only let out a very soft laugh from behind his mask.

The meaning in that laughter was all too clear: disdain, mockery, and a gaze that treated him like trash.

Xiao Liu's temper flared instantly.

In this Xiguang City, besides the truly powerful figures in the Tribe, who dared to look at him like that?

He was a Team Leader of the Xiguang Tribe! One of the rulers of this city!

"What the fuck are you laughing at?! Do you have a death wish?!"

Xiao Liu took a step forward, his finger almost poking Qi Yun in the face.

Qi Yun finally spoke:

"I'm looking at a piece of shit, seeing how it uses its stench to disgust everyone else."

The air went deathly silent for a moment.

Xiao Liu's face instantly turned the color of pig liver.

The girl behind him widened her eyes in terror and instinctively shrank back.

The pedestrians who hadn't gone far yet gasped, looking at Qi Yun as if they were looking at a dead man.

In this city, calling someone from the Xiguang Tribe "shit"?

This man was crazy! Absolutely insane!

"You, you fucking—" Xiao Liu trembled with rage, his hand suddenly reaching behind his waist.

He had to kill this reckless fool today!

If he didn't kill him and word got out, how could he maintain his status in the Tribe?

But just as his hand touched his weapon, out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently caught sight of the woman on the front seat of the motorcycle.

Smooth pink hair.

Her form-fitting clothes outlined breathtaking curves.

For some reason, Xiao Liu's heart suddenly fluttered with an inexplicable sense of panic.

This figure... this pink hair...

But he immediately dismissed the absurd thought.

Impossible! That person died a long time ago!

"Hey girl, how about spending some time with your big brother here?"

Xiao Liu's voice changed, taking on a nauseating, greasy quality as his gaze swept shamelessly over Xia Ran.

"I'll show you what the good life in Xiguang City is like. I guarantee it's better than following this reckless fool."

Xia Ran watched Xiao Liu quietly until his hand reached toward her chin.

"Do you do this often?" Xia Ran asked.

Xiao Liu's hand stopped mid-air, and his heart inexplicably skipped a beat.

This voice...! It sounded familiar?!

Excellent, her cries in bed will surely be the same; at this thought, Xiao Liu felt even more elated.

"Often?" Xiao Liu grinned.

"In this Xiguang City, I can do whatever I want. The people of our Tribe are the law here!"

His hand reached toward Xia Ran's chin again, his fingertips almost touching her mask.

"Follow me, and you can do whatever you want. Wear the best clothes, live in the best house, eat the best—urgh!!!"

A loud slap echoed through the noisy street.

Xiao Liu was sent spinning half a turn through the air before hitting the ground with a thud.

He slumped on the ground, clutching his stinging face, his mind a complete blank.

Someone hit him?

In this Xiguang City, besides the high-ranking members of the Tribe, someone dared to hit him?!

He looked up blankly at the woman still sitting on the motorcycle.

She slowly withdrew her hand, looking down at him from above.

Her eyes were filled with disappointment.

An immense rage instantly overwhelmed Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu scrambled up from the ground and glared at Xia Ran:

"You... dare... hit... me?"

"Do you know who I am? Huh?! I am a Team Leader of the Xiguang Tribe! I've been following the Clan Leader since the very beginning!"

"You're finished! I'm definitely going to play you to death."

Before he could finish his sentence, Qi Yun appeared in front of him.

Xiao Liu felt a chill on his neck; a blade made entirely of twisted light was already pressed against his Adam's apple.

Liu Tian froze, cold sweat instantly drenching his back.

"Oh? I don't think you'll live long enough for that," Qi Yun's voice rang in his ear.

The blade tightened slightly, cutting the skin and causing beads of blood to seep out.

"Qi Yun, wait," Xia Ran spoke up to stop him.

She couldn't bear to see her former companion die before her eyes.

"Bang!"

The girl who had been cowering in the corner suddenly rushed out and gave Qi Yun a hard shove!

Qi Yun pretended to be caught off guard and stumbled back.

In that split second of delay, Liu Tian scrambled into a nearby alley like a startled rabbit and vanished in the blink of an eye.

After pushing him, the girl stood there blankly, her face pale as she looked at Qi Yun, her whole body trembling.

She couldn't let Xiao Liu die; if he died, she would surely die too. The Xiguang Tribe would never let her go.

Qi Yun regained his footing and glanced at the girl. He didn't say anything, nor did he give chase.

Qi Yun had the ability to catch up and kill Xiao Liu.

But he didn't, as he hoped that the person to do it in the future would be Xia Ran herself.

Li had told him that Xia Ran was too gentle.

Xia Ran looked at the empty alleyway, her hands at her sides slowly clenching into fists.

Tan Zhu, just what are you doing?

Her good friend. The person she had once trusted the most.

The Clan Leader of the Xiguang Tribe.

"Ranran, don't worry, I will look after the Tribe and wait for you to come back." Was that not the promise you made to me?